Charging from car lighter socket?

Has the iOS software now barred charging from the lighter socket via a 3rd party cable? I own a well loved iPhone 4S and would love this not to be so, so if you know of a fit for purpose cable, mine stopped charging the unit after iOS7 came out - common sense there i suppose could you point me in the right direction.
Thanks.

FWIW, while you might be able to get away with not using Apple certified products with iOS 7, 90% of non Apple certified devices I have tried do not work, or if they manage to work, work partially and not as advertised.
Apple certification is NOT required for the power source. USB power is USB power. Period. Whether that power comes from a car charge, a USB port on the vehicle, an external battery pack, a PC is irrelevant. There is logic embedded in the Apple cables that communicates with the device that informs the device the cable is certified. There is no logic in the power source to do any such communication.
I have multiple chargers that are not Apple certified including my vehicle. All work just fine charging multiple Apple devices. I have charged four iPads, two iPhones and an iPad mini. No problem with any of them using my non certified Apple chargers.

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My 4th generation iPod Touch will no longer charge from a wall socket, only my computer. I tried buying a new cable and USB charging socket (and I bought one made by Apple), but that did not fix the problem. I restored it from iTunes, hoping that would work as well, but that failed. I am at my wit's end. Can anybody here help me? I've bought new equipment, tried rebooting, restoring, etc. but nothing so far has proven successful. If anyone's got a solution, please help!
Thanks!
Signed, a very frustrated iPod user in Ohio!
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All I can suggest is the standared fixes. It seems very strange
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem. Bring the cable and Apple wall charger too.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

My ipod will not charge from a wall socket but will charge using the same cable if the usb end is plugged into a computer or an airport power source. My iphone and ipad charge fine on the same cable usin ghte same wall plug in the same wall socket?

My ipod will not charge from a wall socket but will charge using the same cable if the usb end is plugged into a computer or directly into an airport power source. My iphone and ipad charge fine on the same cable using the same wall plug in the same wall socket. This makes no sense but I see that it has been posted as a problem elsewhere. This must be due to some kind of degredation of the Ipod. . It is not fixed by IOS resets as others have noted.
Has anyone asked Apple directly about this?

Hi there Apples or Pears,
I would recommend taking a look at the troubleshooting steps found in the articles below.
Charging your iPod battery
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1384
iPod's battery doesn't charge
http://support.apple.com/kb/ta44551
-Griff W.

When charging from a wall socket the iPod does not show the battery charging or the flash indicator in the charge level icon . Both these do appear when charging from my Mac. Is this normal?

When charging from a wall socket with a mac recommended charger, the battery icon in the top right hand corner does not show the flash sign and the running battery level is also not shown . Is this the normal situation?

Hi,
so when you hold the menu+select buttons it won't reset - show the apple logo?
If you can get the apple logo to show, then press the select and play buttons to put it into disk mode.
What happens when you connect it to the computer? Sometimes, you can see the ipod in disk management if you open itunes before connecting the ipod. Once itunes is open, select Edit/preferences. This will keep itunes busy so that you can read the ipod in disk managment.

Problem Charging From Cigarette Lighter

I've had my iPod Nano for one year. I bought a Belkin TuneBase FM transmitter (which plugs into my cigarette lighter), which I sit my iPod into and the unit allows me to play my music through my radio while also charging my iPod at the same time. One day (after using the TuneBase for about one month), I pulled the unit from my cars cigarette lighter and noticed when I got in my house that the bottom of the connector to the TuneBase was missing. The metal "tongue" and the rest of the internals (fuse, spring, etc.) that were inside the arm that connected into the cigarette lighter were missing. I found the fuse, spring and the other couple parts either on my floor mat or sitting in the cigarette lighter socket.
Noticing the fuse from the unit had blown (the unit comes with a 1-amp fuse installed) after picking it up off the floor of my car, I went to a couple stores but no-one had 1-amp fuses. Would a 2-amp fuse be alright to use in the Belkin TuneBase? I've since been using a casette tape adapter which plugs into the iPod's headphone jack and allows me to play music through the casette player in my car. At the same time, my car's cigarrette lighter fuse blew. I replaced the cigarette lighter fuse and can now draw power from it, but for some reason no matter which 12V USB charger/adapter I purchase to plug into my cigarette lighter socket then use use my data/transfer cord to plug into my iPod to charge it, none of them charge it! I've returned a couple now. Funny thing is, the USB charger/adapters have an LED which lights up when I plug them in the cigarette socket - so I know power is being drawn. When I plug my iPod into the adapter (using the cord provided with the iPod Nano) the battery symbol on the top right of my iPods screen doesn't change to the lightning bolt as it had before when plugged in through my cigarette lighter. Before when I plugged my iPod into the cigarette lighter (while it was turned off), usually the screen went dark and showed a large battery being charged - this does not occur either anymore. It must be down to either the iPod's own socket, or the charging/data transfer cord that came with the iPod. The data/charging cord seems to work fine though -- when I attach my iPod using the cord to my computer, the iPod transfers data and charges just fine. What could be the problem? The only problem is trying to charge the iPod from my cigarette socket (which as I've said, does draw power according to the lights that turn on with anything I plug in!). What's going on here?

How about if you plug it into a PC's (use a USB port that is NOT connected to a hub) USB port (prefereably one connected to the PC's mainboard)? Does it show the charging symbol? If so, you can then assume it's the wall adapter/charger that's bad (if you used the same Lightning cable and it charges on the PC).
Since you just got it a few days ago, take it in to your nearest Apple Store and have them evaluate it and replace it if needed under warranty. If it was purchased at a retailer like Best Buy, take it back and exchange it for another. It sounds like either the Lightning cable or the charger itself is bad.

Shuffle won't charge from car

I bought a shuffle for my wife's car which has a USB connection. It won't charge from it and it also has an extremely low volume which can't be adjusted because the volume adjustment is built into the earphone cord. Is there any solution to this before I get rid of this shuffle? My nano works in there perfectly.

Copied from my previous post in this thread.
I know if the iPhone's internal temperature if over a designated temp, you can't charge the battery until the internal temp has been reduced. This is protection for the battery and internal components since charging increases the internal temp.
When this occurs, the charging indicator will switch to showing as being fully charged.
Are you using a case?
Charging increases the internal temp of the iPhone, and using GPS will also increase the internal temp of the iPhone. Combined must have increased the internal temp of your iPhone past the designated temp when charging stops. Using a case can prevent heat from being dissipated properly.

IPhone 3G no longer charges from car stereo

Hello all,
I can no longer charge my iPhone 3g from my car stereo since updating to version 2.1.
I have a Panasonic CQ-RX400U with a USB connector on the front. Prior to the update I was able to connect and charge the phone and play the iPod from the stereo using the USB to iPod/iPhone cable. There was a compatibility warning on the iPhone when I did this, but it worked. After the update, the phone makes the initial charging sound, but never gets to the iPod, then repeatedly tries to connect without success and continuing t make the charging chirp sound.
Just wondering if anyone experienced similar issues post 2.1 update.
I'm going to ask Panasonic if the may have an update available as well, to correct the problem.
Thanks,
Bob Y.

I'm afraid that the link is somewhat irrelevant to my problem.
The problem is, that nothing happens whatsoever, when I connect my iphone to my computer. No charge, no nothing.
I connected my fiances iphone to my computer and it charged, and itunes recognized it without any problem.
However, I did try what the link suggested and nothing worked

IPhone 3G won't charge from car adapter when battery is low

I regularly use my Griffin car charger to charge my iPhone 3G. It seems to work well most of the time.
When my iPhone 3G is very low on battery charge, I discovered that the the iPhone will no longer charge via the car charger. Only way I can recharge the iPhone is via the cable connected directly to my computer or via the wall adapter.
Is this a normal behavior? Very unfortunate if it is since forcing a mobile user to connect to a wall outlet or a computer makes no sense.

Copied from my previous post in this thread.
I know if the iPhone's internal temperature if over a designated temp, you can't charge the battery until the internal temp has been reduced. This is protection for the battery and internal components since charging increases the internal temp.
When this occurs, the charging indicator will switch to showing as being fully charged.
Are you using a case?
Charging increases the internal temp of the iPhone, and using GPS will also increase the internal temp of the iPhone. Combined must have increased the internal temp of your iPhone past the designated temp when charging stops. Using a case can prevent heat from being dissipated properly.

My iphone 5 will not charge from a plug socket or through a USB, on my computer it is displaying USB device not recognized but it used to charge fine can someone help me?

i have had my phone since christmas, i recently returned it because of white boxes at the top of the screen, i got a new iphone all together because the problem could not be fixed. my phone was working perfectly and now all of a sudden it will not charge and i do not know why, please can someone help me try to solve this issue.
thank you.

can someone please help me!

IPhone will not charge from wall socket only from Laptop or Computer!

Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem?
My IPhone will charge sometimes and sometime it wont:
I mean like sometimes it will charge from the wall socket and sometimes it wont!
It will go so far as to turn off because of no battery life! Then I plug it in to the Laptop and it starts charging!

I have had this problem for some time. It applies to both a wall charger (the one that came with iPhone and a third-party model) and a car charger (third party). Both wall and car chargers are rated at 1000 ma which should be enough power. Yet when the battery charge goes below a certain level the phone will not charge from wall or car charger, but it will charge from a computer.
I did some research on USB power. Per specification, a USB client (the iPhone) cannot draw more than 100 ma from the USB host (charger or computer or hub) unless it asks for and gets permission to draw more current. (This is so it does not interfere with other USB devices connected to the host.)
Inexpensive wall chargers do not contain any computing elements. They short the D+ and D- lines together. This makes it impossible for a client to negotiate a higher current draw, so the iPhone, working per the USB standard, limits itself to 100 ma. When connected to a computing device such as a computer or USB hub, the iPhone can negotiate a higher current, up to the 500 ma currently allowed by the USB standard.
This begs the question, why can't the iPhone charge on 100 ma when the battery is almost completely discharged? After all, when the battery has more charge, the iPhone will charge nicely from a wall charger. Perhaps someone has some insight into this aspect.
There is evidently a new USB standard for wall chargers that will fix this issue. Both the host and client must implement in order for it to work. (I haven't read the standard, but suspect it involves the client detecting that the D+ and D- lines are shorted together.) Obviously, either the charger or my iPhone 3G don't comply with this new standard. Maybe the iPhone 3GS does? Or maybe we have to wait for another iPhone model that has the hardware that complies with the new USB wall charger standard.
Meanwhile I have to be careful not to fully discharge my iPhone battery when I am away from a computer. I recently went on a 30-day trip and had no problem because I charged the phone every night. Of course, I did not use it much because it was an international trip and AT&T roaming rates are horribly expensive.

Ipod wont charge on a wall socket-will only charge a little from USB.

Dear Apple,
I have a 160gb ipod model which i bought 3 months ago.
Recently my ipod has stopped charging from a wall socket completely.I ve been using the apple wall charger for a time so i know its not its fault.Further on i have tried another third company's usb wall charger and 2 different cables.Nothing seems to work.Afterwards i tried charging it on a PC and it worked the first time but after that i leave it charging for 2-4 hours and it only shows 1/2 of the battery getting charged which will go down to 1/3,1/4th as soon as i plug it off.I ve tried resetting it multiple times but to no avail. I know that there have been other cases such as mine and i have tried researching it in the forums but with no sure solution.Please advise as to how i should proceed.Thank you in advance

Well ok news flash.I went outside to an internet cafe and put it in normally in a usb and after 2 hours it charged fully and lasted fully for the battery time.This still doesnt explain though why when i used two different cables and two different wall chargers it wouldnt charge when it used to.(P.S.: I am in an army camp thus the reason i cant rely on a PC socket being available)Thanks in advance

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I have had my ipad a year and today it is not recognised in itunes, also when charging from a wall socket 10A ipad charger it shows Not Charging (however trickle charges). I have tried resetting (holding both buttons for 10 sec) with no benefit, i am reluctant to resset everything as if this does not work I have a dead iPad.
No other items have changed and there does not appear to be any visable damage in the conector on the iPad, note an ipod conects in itunes, so it is not a Mac side issue. This feels like a software issue on the iPad.
Any help appreciated if anyone else has had this issue.
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My 3GS will not charge. I have tried it from my computer and from a wall socket. I also have tried another computer and a different cable with no luck. My computer doesnt see the device either. I havent had any issues until now. Any ideas?

My 3GS will not charge. I have tried it from my computer and from a wall socket. I also have tried another computer and a different cable with no luck. My computer doesnt see the device either. I havent had any issues until now. Any ideas?

bring it to Apple for battery diagnostics.

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Thanks! It didn't actually work with the one I was using to charge the computer either. We had tried the computer cable with the power adapter, and it didn't work to charge the ipod, though it does charge my iphone. Following your idea further, I waited for my husband to get home from a trip and tried one of his extra cables he keeps in his backpack. That cable worked in with the USB power adaptor. I had thought that because the cable I use on my computer charges my iphone through the USB power adapter or the computer, and that it charged the ipod through the computer that it was fully functional. Apparantly not. Thanks again.

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